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Hastings, in Sussex [advertisement for women’s school]

This source is advertising a ladies school in Sussex, which is a part of Chichester. This document relates to the novel in that Charlotte Temple…

British Education in India: Being the ‘LE BAS’ Prize Essay for 1890.

In the Lamplighter Mrs. Sullivan, Willie’s mother, takes a dream excursion to India. In her dreams she imagines she is journeying over “land and sea”…

Panorama of Calcutta

These six sectional images are lithograph prints that comprise one drawing by Frederick Fiebig entitled Panorama of Calcutta. Together the images…

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Volume 30 [excerpt]

This source is from one of Frank Leslie’s periodicals from July to December of 1890. Here he talks about “who was Charlotte Temple”. He goes in and…

The Rocky Mountains : emigrants crossing the plains

This is a lithograph painted during the California gold rush of emigrants crossing the lands to reach California. This relates back to The Lamplighter…

Mabira Forest Rubber

In the novel, The Color Purple, rubber plantations are a main concern for those living in Africa. The rubber plantations were a way for big businesses…

Living in a Hovel

The passage I picked reminds me of the hovel in Charlotte Temple. In the beginning, the author uses imagery to help the reader understand what the run…

Suburban Scenery Around Boston

In the Lamplighter, Graham’s country house contained old-fashioned entrances on both sides with a sloped and shady lawn. From the novel, we know that…

Main street. Macon, Georgia

This image is a picture of what Main Street in Macon Georgia would’ve looked like around the time of Color Purple. One of the places in the book…

A Ship of War, of the third Rate, With Rigging & at Anchor

This is a detailed drawing of a British Naval ship of war common in the year of 1728. Ships like this were likely to have been used in fighting the…